David M. Baekey

Assistant Professor
Department of Physiological Sciences
dbaekey@ufl.edu
PO Box 100144
1600 SW Archer RD
Gainesville, FL  32610-0144
352-294-4015
FAX: 352-392-5145

Education

• BS, Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1991
• PhD, Medicine/Physiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 2003
• Post-doctoral fellow, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2003-06

Honors and Awards

• Leverhulme Fellow 2006-2007

Research Interests

Research involves the neural control of respiratory and cardiovascular control. Previous work has focused on airway defensive reflexes altering distributed brainstem neural networks involved in respiratory control. Present projects are focused on the coordination between respiration and sympathetic outflow. Unique methods include ensemble recordings (multi-electrode extracellular array) of in vivo and in situ preparations and computer simulations of neural networks inferred from collected data.

Recent Publications

• Analysis and modeling of ensemble recordings from respiratory pre-motor neurons indicate changes in functional network architecture after acute hypoxia.
• Effect of baroreceptor stimulation on the respiratory pattern: insights into respiratory-sympathetic interactions.
• Respiratory and Mayer wave-related discharge patterns of raphé and pontine neurons change with vagotomy.
• Cardio-respiratory coupling depends on the pons.
• Breathing and sleep: measurement methods, genetic influences, and developmental impacts.

Additional publications here